Assignment of Functions (Minister of Industry and Commerce) (Amendment) Notice, 2024 (No. 2)
The Minister of Industry and Commerce loses the Produce Export Act and the Industrial Development Corporation Act, and picks up the Sugar Production Control Act, co-administered with the Lands and Agriculture Minister.
This notice adjusts which Acts the Minister of Industry and Commerce administers, amending the Assignment of Functions (Minister of Industry and Commerce) Notice, 2023 (S.I. 202 of 2023).
Two Acts are removed from the Minister's schedule: the Produce Export Act [Chapter 18:17] and the Industrial Development Corporation Act [Chapter 14:10]. The notice does not say which Minister now administers them, so anyone dealing with either statute should check the corresponding assignment notice for the receiving Ministry.
One Act is added: the Sugar Production Control Act [Chapter 18:19], to be co-administered with the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. Co-administration means both Ministers have a hand in the statute, which matters for anyone seeking approvals or making representations under the sugar production controls — the correspondence may need to go to both.
The practical significance is administrative rather than substantive: no rights or obligations change, but the office you deal with does. No commencement date is stated beyond gazetting on 10 May 2024.
What changed
- Produce Export Act [Chapter 18:17] removed from the Minister of Industry and Commerce's schedule
- Industrial Development Corporation Act [Chapter 14:10] removed from that schedule
- Sugar Production Control Act [Chapter 18:19] added, co-administered with the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
Who this affects
- sugar producers and millers regulated under the Sugar Production Control Act
- the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe
- produce exporters
- ministry officials and legal practitioners identifying the responsible Minister
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.